diff --git a/src/entity.ts b/src/entity.ts
index 19f1aad..cab674b 100644
--- a/src/entity.ts
+++ b/src/entity.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ export function encrypt<T extends ObjectLiteral>(entity: any): any {
     let options: ExtendedColumnOptions = columnMetadata.options;
     let encrypt = options.encrypt;
     if (
-      encrypt &&
+      encrypt && !(encrypt?.encryptionPredicate && !encrypt?.encryptionPredicate(entity)) &&
       mode === 'regular' &&
       (encrypt.looseMatching || entity.constructor === target)
     ) {
@@ -43,8 +43,8 @@ export function decrypt<T extends ObjectLiteral>(entity: any): any {
     let options: ExtendedColumnOptions = columnMetadata.options;
     let encrypt = options.encrypt;
     if (
-      encrypt &&
-      mode === 'regular' &&
+      encrypt && !(encrypt?.encryptionPredicate && !encrypt?.encryptionPredicate(entity)) &&
+      mode === "regular" &&
       (encrypt.looseMatching || entity.constructor === target)
     ) {
       if (entity[propertyName]) {
diff --git a/src/options/EncryptionOptions.ts b/src/options/EncryptionOptions.ts
index b213356..d237816 100644
--- a/src/options/EncryptionOptions.ts
+++ b/src/options/EncryptionOptions.ts
@@ -5,4 +5,5 @@ export interface EncryptionOptions {
   iv?: string;    //// For testing mainly.
   authTagLength?: number;
   looseMatching?: boolean;
+  encryptionPredicate?: (entity: any) => boolean;
 }
diff --git a/test/encryption-predicate.test.ts b/test/encryption-predicate.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..78cd7d7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/encryption-predicate.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+import { expect } from "chai";
+import { encrypt, decrypt } from "../src/entity";
+import { getConnection } from "./utils";
+import ColumnOptionsEntity4 from "./entities/ColumnOptionsEntity4";
+
+describe("Column Options - Encryption Predicate", function () {
+  this.timeout(10000);
+
+  before(async function () {
+    await getConnection();
+  });
+
+  it("should encrypt", function () {
+    let result = new ColumnOptionsEntity4();
+    result.enablePredicate = true;
+    result.secret = "test";
+    encrypt(result);
+    expect(result.secret).to.equal(
+      "/1rBkZBCSx2I+UGe+UmuVhKzmHsDDv0EvRtMBFiaE3A="
+    );
+  });
+
+  it("should not encrypt", function () {
+    let result = new ColumnOptionsEntity4();
+    result.enablePredicate = false;
+    result.secret = "test";
+    encrypt(result);
+    expect(result.secret).to.equal("test");
+  });
+
+  it("should decrypt", function () {
+    let result = new ColumnOptionsEntity4();
+    result.enablePredicate = true;
+    result.secret = "/1rBkZBCSx2I+UGe+UmuVhKzmHsDDv0EvRtMBFiaE3A=";
+    decrypt(result);
+    expect(result.secret).to.equal("test");
+  });
+
+  it("should not decrypt", function () {
+    let result = new ColumnOptionsEntity4();
+    result.enablePredicate = false;
+    result.secret = "test";
+    decrypt(result);
+    expect(result.secret).to.equal("test");
+  });
+});
diff --git a/test/entities/ColumnOptionsEntity4.ts b/test/entities/ColumnOptionsEntity4.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..99393f8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/entities/ColumnOptionsEntity4.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+import { BaseEntity, Entity, PrimaryGeneratedColumn, Column } from "typeorm";
+import { ExtendedColumnOptions } from "../../src/options";
+
+@Entity()
+export default class ColumnOptionsEntity4 extends BaseEntity {
+  @PrimaryGeneratedColumn()
+  id: number;
+
+  @Column({ type: "boolean" })
+  enablePredicate: boolean;
+
+  @Column(<ExtendedColumnOptions>{
+    type: "varchar",
+    nullable: false,
+    encrypt: {
+      key: "e41c966f21f9e1577802463f8924e6a3fe3e9751f201304213b2f845d8841d61",
+      algorithm: "aes-256-cbc",
+      ivLength: 16,
+      iv: "ff5ac19190424b1d88f9419ef949ae56",
+      encryptionPredicate: (entity: ColumnOptionsEntity4) =>
+        entity.enablePredicate,
+    },
+  })
+  secret: string;
+}
diff --git a/tsconfig.json b/tsconfig.json
index 335570c..93f5e91 100644
--- a/tsconfig.json
+++ b/tsconfig.json
@@ -20,6 +20,6 @@
     "declaration": true,
     "downlevelIteration": true
   },
-  "include": ["src"],
+  "include": ["src", "test"],
   "exclude": ["tmp", "temp", "lib", "node_modules"]
 }